thank you Brian... that was al I had to do! On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Michael wrote: > thanks Brian. I know your comment was not directed at me but I think that > is what I needed to do. We shall see what happens when it is done! > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > >> Do you have hplip installed? That printer is reported to "Work >> Perfectly" on the list of supported printers. >> >> http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-OfficeJet_Pro_K550 >> >> It says: >> "For basic printing functionality use the HPIJS driver . For advanced >> functionality such as printer status, maintenance features, scanning and >> photo card unload use the HPLIP driver (which includes HPIJS)." >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 02/20/2016 10:44 AM, Victor Odhner wrote: >> >>> Keith wrote: "/HP is very good about providing drivers for their >>> printers/.” Not necessarily so, after they weary of supporting it. >>> >>> We have an HP OfficeJet K550, a nice printer that’s working well but >>> maybe as much as 10 years old. My recently installed Mint system doesn’t >>> show the K550; it comes up with a different printer’s name, labeled as >>> “recommended,” and that driver doesn’t work: it finds the printer but >>> when I try to print it declares that it is not connected. >>> >>> My Macbook has no problem finding it and printing. My son’s Win10 uses >>> the PCL3 Class Driver and works OK for plain text, but Win10 can’t find >>> a K550 driver. He says that HP has removed drivers and other support for >>> this printer, which is at “end of support”. >>> >>> I did find this: >>> >>> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/officejet/officejet_pro_k550.html >>> … which claims to have have a K550 driver. >>> >>> I haven’t tried to figure out how hplip works, since I can move >>> documents to my DropBox and print from the Macbook. >>> ___________ >>> >>> On Feb 20, 2016, at 09:12:48, Brian Cluff >> > wrote: >>> >>> On 02/20/2016 06:49 AM, Keith Smith wrote: >>> >>>> I have not researched how to configure the print to fax and how to scan >>>> using Linux... not sure it will work in these capacities with Linux. >>>> >>> >>> In my experience it is very likely that you WOULD be able to scan with >>> an HP all-in-one. HP is very good about providing drivers for their >>> printers. >>> >>> Brian Cluff >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: